October 11, 2016
While it has always been important to engage the Commissioning Consulting (CxA) early on in the design stage of a project seeking LEED certification, it is even more important for the new…
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October 6, 2016
I’ve been looking at the posts from various teams who participated in Women Build 2016. It’s hard to believe that it was over a year ago that CFMS participated in Habitat for Humanity’s…
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July 26, 2016
After not being down in the area for awhile, I was recently at an event down at Corus Quay. Located on the Toronto Waterfront, it is home to Corus Entertainment. It has won…
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May 31, 2016
CFMS has recently been awarded the commissioning for projects for work being done at the University of Toronto. I’ve been the lucky person from our office to attend site visits related to…
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February 4, 2016
January 2016 marked my 10th anniversary of working on a full time basis at CFMS Consulting Inc. I can’t believe how time flies!
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January 7, 2016
2016 seems off to a ‘Green’ start in the Construction Industry, as I discovered while catching up on my work related reading after the holidays. Will this be the most Green year yet?
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December 16, 2015
As part of PCL Construction project team, CFMS was responsible, as the Project Company Commissioning Coordinator, for overseeing the overall commissioning process for the facilities architectural, mechanical and electrical services.
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December 8, 2015
Recently our Vice President, Edward Trueman, gave a lunch and learn seminar outlining the benefits, uses and commissioning guidelines surrounding geothermal systems. Being a clean and renewable energy source, it is important to educate people on geothermal energy and promote its use over fossil fuels and the damaging greenhouse gases they produce.
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November 26, 2015
CFMS Consulting Inc. recently undertook an office renovation in order to make better use of our office space. While packing up my office, so it could be painted and the carpet replaced, I discovered a hard copy of a white paper, ‘A Case for Building Commissioning’, written in 1994 by CFMS then president Mel James. A few things have changed since then; our company name, our address, and we have added new faces, but after 20+ years the process of mechanical and electrical commissioning remains the same.
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October 27, 2015
On November 13 & 14, CFMS and CFMS-West will spread the word about commissioning and its many benefits to the attendees of the 19th Annual Condo Conference and tradeshow, taking place at the Toronto Congress Centre. Our knowledgeable staff from CFMS and CFMS-West will answer questions about the commissioning process and discuss the benefits for new construction and existing buildings. This will include some common condo inefficiencies that raise operating costs for existing buildings, and can be improved through existing building commissioning.
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